Now here is a great set of activities that will make learning about long vowel sounds a snap. The activities cover two days and include vowel identification, reading, and several great games. Kids will hunt for long vowel words, play...

Here is a perfect activity for all your kinesthetic learners. They practice long and short vowel discrimination as they hang out the paper articles of clothing on a clothes line. They each take turns pulling word clothes out of a pretend...

Learners explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Learners complete a...

Students practice identifying long vowels.  In this vowel lesson, students read a story and find long vowel words that fit their pattern. Students then sort their word under the correct long vowel pattern.

In this short and long vowel sounds for primary grades worksheet, students look at 15 words and circle the ones that match the sound of the given word, not interactively, with different words and answers available online.

In this vowel sound learning exercise, students examine 4 pictures and the words that represent them. Each of the words is missing the letter e needed to make the long e sound.

In this long vowels practice activity, students examine 6 words and their matching picture. Students identify the words that feature the long I sound.

For this long vowel o practice worksheet, students examine 6 picture and word pairs. Students identify the words that have the long o sound.

In this long vowel E worksheet, 1st graders look at six pictures, say the word written under the picture and circle all the ones that have a long E sound.

In this long vowels activity, students respond to 4 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in each of the 4 words listed with the appropriate vowels. Picture clues are provided.

In this long vowel worksheet, students fill in blanks in words with the correct long vowel, then draw a line to match the word to its picture.

In this long and short vowel sounds worksheet, students examine 16 words and identify their vowel sounds as long o, short o, long u, or short u.

In this letter i activity, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 8 words before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.

Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...

First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...

First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and identifying a...

In this long vowel worksheet, students write the long vowel that correctly completes a word, then draws a line to match each word to its picture. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this long vowel worksheet, students fill in the long vowel that correctly completes a word, then draws a line to the matching picture. An example is completed for students. 

First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.